A view across tin' cafion from the left hank of the rivpr. Taken from an eUnatioii ol' (i\(' liuti- 

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Fossil ripples in sandstone. In the Cretaceous period ot ilie past ihes," were ripples in sand 

 along the shores of some prehistoric lagoon, where grew figs and other warm temperate vegetation 

 contrasting with the present vegetation and the ice and snow of Alberta 

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